The BreakPoint Blog

I contributed to CT Women's list of "21 Books Worth Giving as Christmas Gifts." My contribution is a gritty* but deeply inspiring story of a man's journey from poverty, abuse, and juvenile detention to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera. Go here to find out more!

The death of John Glenn this week marked the passing of a generation. He had a distinguished military career, serving in World War II and Korea, where he flew the iconic F-86 fighter jet. He became one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts and, until he died, he was that elite club’s last survivor. He made history as the first American to orbit the earth. He was a central figure in New Journalism pioneer Tom Wolfe’s seminal book “The Right Stuff.” He leveraged his status as an American hero into a 24-year career in the U.S. Senate. He became a serious presidential candidate. By any reasonable measure, his was a life and death worth noting.

I've spent the day following the @USS Arizona Twitter account, as it has live-tweeted -- so to speak -- the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It's very strange and disconcerting to relive such an event that way. As you read words like this . . .
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We often hear "sexual fluidity" lauded these days, but apparently it has its limits. It's okay for a person who always identified as heterosexual to fall in love with a member of the same sex. But, given the furor over forthcoming YA novel "Ramona Blue," it is not okay for a lesbian to fall in love with a guy.